As Gu Xuan walked out of the Tushita Palace, a blood-red glow was rising on the horizon.

He touched the fragment of the Investiture of the Gods in his arms, and the crisp system notification sound suddenly rang in his mind again!

[The mark of Hongjun's Heavenly Dao has been detected. Initiate the "Demon Extermination Plan"?]

[Mission Reward: Unlock Xu Xinnian's true identity—the last guardian of the Investiture of the Gods!]

........

Upon hearing the system's notification, Gu Xuan was slightly taken aback.

Wait, what is the system trying to tell me?

Could it be that the Grandmaster Hongjun has fallen into demonic possession, hence the name "Demon Extermination Plan"?

And then there's Xu Xinnian, who turns out to be the last guardian of the Investiture of the Gods!

This was something he never expected. He thought it was himself, but it turned out to be his fifth apprentice, Xu Xinnian.

So, he's narcissistic?

The one who broke the deadlock wasn't entirely himself; Xu Xinnian, who was also a time traveler, was also involved!

At this moment, Gu Xuan couldn't help but recall the background information about Xu Xinnian that the system had given him when he acquired Xu Xinnian.

The above gave Xu Xinnian a whole bunch of titles that sounded terrifying.

He is the Heavenly Water God, the leader of the Sea God Cult, the savior of the Dragon and Phoenix Clan and the Witch Clan, the guardian of the Great Virtue and Thick Earth, the rumored boyfriend of the Heavenly Fairy Chang'e, the saint killer, the one who escaped, and the inheritor of the Great Dao of Humanity.

Before accepting Xu Xinnian as his disciple, he had already taken Dongmu Gong, the head of the male immortals in Heaven, as his master.

With this status, he could basically do whatever he wanted in the Heavenly Court!

Let's talk about the starting village.

Xu Xinnian is much higher than myself; he's an immortal from the start.

His birthplace was the Tianxuan Realm, where the Heavenly Dao was not manifest and spiritual energy was so thin that it was about to enter the Dharma-ending Age.

Thankfully, there's a system; otherwise, it would have been a hellish start!

The thought flashed by in an instant.

Gu Xuan exited the system, stood on the top of the thirty-third heaven, and looked towards the East China Sea.

From there came the battle roar of ten thousand demons from the Jie Sect.

He suddenly smiled and took out a fragment of the World Tree from the system space—on the fragment, the patterns of Mount Buzhou were faintly visible.

"Laojun, do you think Hongjun Ancestor would go crazy if he saw this thing?"

He threw out a fragment of the World Tree, which emitted wisps of primordial purple energy flowing within it in mid-air!

That moment.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace in the Tushita Palace suddenly went out of control, and a bluish-purple true fire shot into the sky—

Not only did it dye the thirty-three heavens the color of Pu'er tea soup, but it also dyed the entire night sky of the Primordial Immortal Realm the same color.

Gu Xuan's laughter echoed in the sky above the Tushita Palace!

As Laozi gazed at the purplish-blue true fire soaring into the sky, he felt a mix of emotions.

He knew that from this moment on...

Gu Xuan officially stepped into this game of chess, which concerns the life and death of the Primordial Immortal Realm!

It became the most crucial, yet most elusive, piece in the game.

......

At the same moment, in the Upper Realm of Gods.

The majestic and sacred Zixiao Palace stands tall in the void.

At the very heart of the palace, the Grandmaster Hongjun sat as steadfastly as Mount Tai atop a radiant, chaotic blue lotus.

Its body was surrounded by endless, dazzling light of creation, as if it had merged with the entire divine realm.

At this moment, Hongjun Laozu slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed for a long time.

Two beams of light shot out from his eyes like lasers, directly piercing through the layers of spatial barriers.

Finally, it settled steadily at the top of the thirty-third heaven of the Primordial Immortal Realm.

The raging flames there shot straight into the sky, illuminating half of the heavens.

The corners of Hongjun Laozu's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a cold smile.

"This tiny variable actually dares to try to disrupt my plans. Let's see how much trouble you can stir up."

However, the words had barely left his mouth.

His expression suddenly changed, and with a whoosh!

He suddenly stood up from the Chaos Green Lotus—

wrong!

This primordial purple aura... comes from a fragment of the shattered World Tree!

That moment.

His breathing became rapid, and an uncontrollable greed appeared in his eyes.

Oh, World Tree!

After searching for so long, I only found a fragment.

Unexpectedly, it appeared in the Primordial Immortal Realm of the lower realm, and was even in the hands of that variable who tried to sabotage his plans.

He was determined to get this fragment!

He had been stuck at the level of the Primal Ancestor for too long, and only by obtaining the fragment of the World Tree could he re-integrate with it.

He will completely transform into the master of the Xuanhuang Universe.

At that time, the entire Xuanhuang Universe will be yours, and your cultivation will naturally break through to the realm beyond the boundary!

Thinking about this...

Hongjun Laozu waved his wide sleeves.

With this flick of his sleeve, a figure suddenly appeared not far below Hongjun Ancestor.

This figure was an avatar of Hongjun Laozu, with a full head of snow-white hair and a hunched and bent body, as if carrying the heavy burden of the years.

He was wearing a slightly worn gray Taoist robe.

His back was slightly hunched, and his face was covered with wrinkles, making him look extremely old and giving people a sense that he was about to die.

The overall appearance is ordinary and unremarkable.

Even amidst a bustling crowd, it would be difficult to attract the attention of others.

"Go immediately to the Primordial Immortal Realm and convey my decree to the Primordial Heavenly Lord and Haotian."

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